Thandie Newton Slams Starbucks Over Black Child Display In Loin Cloth

The actress called out the coffee chain after viewing a Black statue in a safari hat in Central London.

Starbucks has taken another hit this week after actress Thandie Newton called out the coffee chain for displaying a statue of a Black child in a loin cloth offering Colombian coffee beans to customers.

According to Fox News, the award-winning actress spotted the figure at a Starbucks in London. After viewing the statue dressed in the cloth and safari hat, Newton snapped a picture and shared it on Twitter.

Over the years, the company has been slammed for its high prices, while Ethiopian workers make less than $1 in profit. Fortune reports in 2005, representatives of the country filed a patent to trademark the areas of the three most popular coffee regions – Yirgacheffe, Harrar, and Sidamo – to secure a larger profit.

Starbucks has also been the subject of a viral video that showed a military wife confronting a barista who stole her credit card information to buy groceries.